A friend of mine reached out to me recently. He needed assistance to pay his children’s school fees. He is not alone. Earlier in the week, I read a news report that “some parents in Enugu metropolis have expressed worry over what they described as `unbearable’ increase in tuition fees and levies charged by most private and […]

“Jesus went on to say, ’To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? …They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance;we sang a dirge, and you did not cry. For John the Baptist came neither […]

The age for admission of students into Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions is becoming an unending conundrum with no immediate end in sight. With heightened emotions and personal interest, it gets even more interesting and complicated. Last Tuesday in the heavy rain, a group of concerned parents under the banner of  The Movement Against JAMB Injustice  […]

Yesterday, September 5, 2025, was the 92nd birthday of my mother, Mrs. Paulina Powder Ewherido. After her 90th birthday, I decided that I will do no more tributes. I was happy that she was well celebrated on her 90th birthday, which gave her a foretaste of what her burial will look like. There’s no doubt that she […]

I promised to share my perspective on paternity fraud and other issues this week.  I want to start with the various types of marriages prevalent in Nigeria and the implications. Traditional marriage: In Africa, we do traditional marriages. The man pays a bride price and the couple get parental consent and blessings. Some Christian denominations will not […]